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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Superintendent's Notes

Maynard Music Association’s Casino Night is Coming
This Saturday!

This is a fun event that I enjoyed very much last year. This year I will be a guest black jack
dealer again.I will look forward to seeing
everyone there.

Vouchers are now available for the annual Casino Night sponsored by the
Maynard Music Association. Casino Night will take place on Saturday,
Nov. 2, at the Maynard Elks from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Vouchers
are $40 apiece, $35 for two or more, and $45 the day of the event. The price
includes $3000 in gaming chips for the night! Last year’s event was sold
out!

This year’s event
will feature a live auction for a 7 night two-bedroom resort stay in Orlando, FL
valued at $2100! The Maynard Music Association supports band and
chorus programs at Maynard High School and Fowler Middle School.
The proceeds from this fundraiser contribute to scholarships, instrument
purchases and repair, choral music and offset other miscellaneous music-related
expenses. Vouchers can be purchased through Colleen Andrade in the Fowler
main office or by contacting Bonnie Wilson at 978-897-7045.

From The Athletic
Director’s Desk

These are the
dates and times for the upcoming play-offs:

Girls soccer (3)
earn a buy and host the winner of St. Bernard's/West Boylston on Monday
night @ 7:00pm.

Boy’s soccer (4)
play at North Brookfield at 2:30pm on
Sat.

The football game
will be played at 4:00pm on Sat @ Milford High School.

A gorgeous custom
wood dollhouse has been created and donated by Martin Maria, a local builder. It is being decorated and furnished by Maynard
Girl Scout troop #72593. This beautiful dollhouse will be raffled off
this fall, with proceeds benefitting the Maynard Food Pantry.

Raffle tickets
will first be available for $5/ea or 5/$20. Middlesex Savings Bank, 17
Nason St, Maynard has generously offered to display the dollhouse and sell
raffle tickets on behalf of the Maynard Food Pantry through Saturday, November
16, 2013 at 12 noon . The raffle winner will be chosen at 12 noon on
Saturday, November 16, 2013. You do not have to be present to win.

This dollhouse
will make a wonderful birthday or holiday gift for anyone - young or old!
You will also be doing something wonderful to support the Maynard Food
Pantry. Any questions may be directed to mjtbrannelly@comcast.net.

Fenn School Sports Sale

The 45th Annual Sports
Sale takes place at The Fenn School in Concord
on Saturday November 2nd!Gym doors open
at 9:00 a.m. and close promptly at noon. The Fenn
School is located at 516 Monument Street
in Concord.

We have a wide
selection of gently-used sports equipment for boys and girls covering a variety
of sports including lacrosse, hockey, soccer and baseball and at low prices.
Representatives from Hardy's Ski Emporium will be on-hand to offer an
assortment of brand new skis, boots and poles at great before-season prices.

Donations of gently used sports equipment are
welcome! Please drop your items off at The Fenn School on Friday November 1st,
between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

SEPAC Invites You to Attend a
Presentation

The Maynard Special Education Parent
Advisory Council (SEPAC) invites you to attend a presentation Promoting Social
Skills in Young Children, presented by Kaitlin Roessle-Meerman, M.A., C.A.S.,
N.C.S.P., School Psychologist at Maynard Public Schools. The presentation will
take place on November 14, 2013 at The Fowler School Library, 3 Tiger Drive,
Maynard, from 7:00 to 8:45 pm.

PLEASE
NOTE THAT THE DATE WAS CHANGED FROM NOVEMBER 2, 2013 TO NOV. 14, 2013

This event is free and open to the
public and we encourage both parents and educators to attend. Please RSVP to
Jennifer O’Leary at sepacchair@maynard.k12.ma.us or 978-897-2705.

In an effort to streamline these notes, I will remind the
Superintendent’s Notes readers of important upcoming events with a reference to
the blog where more information can be found.

New Bullying Advice for Parents

Cyber bullying is done through Apps that many of us parents are not be
familiar with.School Committee member
Estabrook identified this article in the link below that identifies some of
those Apps and provides strategies for parents to monitor their child's
participation on the internet.

If you play a band instrument
or sing and would like to be part of this special event, please e-mail Mrs.
Blanchard at CBlanchard@maynard.k12.ma.us
so that we can get the music to you. We welcome all alumni and anyone living in
the town of Maynard
or having a connection to the town, to come and perform with us!

More Details can be found on
the October 11th blog.

Remembering
Maynard's Own (RMO) Fundraiser

An original
Remembering Maynard's Own Quilt created by Pauline Mclaughlin will be
raffled.Tickets are $5 each.Checks can be sent to Remembering Maynard's
Own Quilt, P.O. Box 268,
Maynard, MA 01754.

More Details can be found on the October
11th blog.

DON’T MISS THE 5th MAYNARD HALL OF FAMEBANQUET AND INDUCTION CEREMONY

This banquet is open to
all! Tickets are available for $35/ea until November 15th (or until sold
out) by calling (978) 764-5279, (978) 897.7894 or by emailingmjtbrannelly@comcast.netor
edmully@msn.com . The board members of MHSAHF also have tickets for sale. Feel free
to contact Jennifer Adams, Mary Brannelly, Ted Donnelly, Liz Fairweather,
Terry Lamoureux, Bill Mullin, Ed Mullin or Herb Symes. Tables of 10
may also be reserved. Whether you are young or older, you won’t want to
miss this opportunity to celebrate the great achievements of Maynard’s past
student athletes! View our website athttp://web.maynard.ma.us/civic/mhsahfto
see the list of past years' inductees.

More Details can be found on the September 25th
blog.

MAYNARD
Council on Aging Announcement

NOTE: The November Council on Aging
meeting will be held on Monday, November 4, 2013, Town Hall, Room 201, 10 AM

Trips to WalMart and Solomon Pond Mall will
resume soon. For further information contact David Hull, COA Dispatcher,
at 978-897-1032.